On Wednesday, Arizona executed its fifth death row inmate of the year — 25 years after he committed the crime.
I've written about at least a dozen of the people currently on Arizona's Death Row at one point or another.
Daniel Wayne Cook was among the first. He'd already been on death row a year when I went to work for the Kingman Daily Miner in 1989. Six years later, he was still trying to get a new trial.
Some crimes you never forget. His was one.
Here's my story from back then. Move the purple box on the right so you can adjust the copy and read the whole story.

